The acquisition of Tyreek Hill and Cedrick Wilson made DeVante Parker expendable in Miami.
Now the previous first-round choose is headed to a division rival. NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport studies that the Dolphins are trading Parker and a fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft to the New England Patriots. Miami receives a third-round choose in 2023 in return.
With the commerce, the Dolphins will now have five picks in the first three rounds of subsequent yr’s draft — two firsts, one second and two thirds. Parker, 29, has two seasons and no assured cash remaining on a four-year, $30.5 million contract.
The Dolphins chosen Parker with the No. 14 choose of the 2015 draft. He isn’t lived as much as the expectations he delivered to the league as a downfield playmaker, having eclipsed 800 yards receiving in simply certainly one of his seven NFL seasons (1,202 yards, 9 touchdowns in 2019). However he is been a gentle presence for the Dolphins in an offense that is had seven totally different beginning quarterbacks since he arrived in Miami, with at the least 10 video games performed every season.
The Dolphins traded for former Kansas City Chiefs Professional Bowler Hill along with signing former Dallas Cowboy Wilson as a free agent this offseason. In addition they chosen Jaylen Waddle within the first spherical of final yr’s NFL draft. Waddle shortly emerged as Miami’s No. 1 receiver with 104 catches for 1,015 yards and 6 touchdowns as a rookie. Parker, in the meantime, tallied 40 catches for 515 yards and two touchdowns.
Parker will now catch passes from second-year quarterback Mac Jones in New England with an opportunity to emerge from a receiving corps that options Nelson Agholor, Jakobi Meyers, N’Keal Harry and Kendrick Bourne. Meyers led New England with 83 catches for 866 yards with two touchdowns final season whereas Bourne tallied 55 catches for 800 yards and 5 touchdowns because the Patriots’ finest downfield risk.
